Roads in America cross referenced with Switzerland on Wikipedia

Example:

  1. Geneve
  2. matches an alias of
  3. Geneva,
  4. which is in the country
  5. Switzerland

1366 roads in 47 states are named the same as Switzerland

Michigan is the densest

States have a different total number of roads, so we compare by a percent of roads.

1 out of every 2,620 roads in Michigan resonates with this theme.

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Each dot is one county, sized by how many of its roads resonate with the theme. A small dot is a handful; a big one is hundreds.

Sizes are relative to this search: the biggest dot is this theme's busiest county, so a big dot here and a big dot in another theme are not the same number.

Most popular: Geneve

  1. Geneve
  2. matches an alias of
  3. Geneva,
  4. which is in the country
  5. Switzerland

9 roads 9 counties ~1.9M views last year

Geneva

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Most popular: Basel Lane

  1. Basel Lane
  2. matches the title of
  3. Basel,
  4. which is in the country
  5. Switzerland

36 roads 22 counties ~1.4M views last year

Basel

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Most popular: Bern

  1. Bern
  2. matches the name of
  3. Bern,
  4. which is in the country
  5. Switzerland

195 roads 90 counties ~1.3M views last year

Bern

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Most popular: Davos Way

  1. Davos Way
  2. matches the name of
  3. Davos,
  4. which is in the country
  5. Switzerland

28 roads 21 counties ~990.3k views last year

Davos

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Most popular: Lausanne

  1. Lausanne
  2. matches the title of
  3. Lausanne,
  4. which is in the country
  5. Switzerland

47 roads 30 counties ~960.4k views last year

Lausanne

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Most popular: Luzern

  1. Luzern
  2. matches an alias of
  3. Lucern,
  4. which is in the country
  5. Switzerland

21 roads 14 counties ~861.5k views last year

Lucerne

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Least popular: Engi Court

  1. Engi Court
  2. matches the name of
  3. Engi,
  4. which is in the country
  5. Switzerland

1 road 1 county ~5.3k views last year

Engi, Switzerland

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Least popular: Bure Lane

  1. Bure Lane
  2. matches the name of
  3. Bure,
  4. which is in the country
  5. Switzerland

1 road 1 county ~6.5k views last year

Bure, Switzerland

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Least popular: District 2 Road

  1. District 2 Road
  2. matches the title of
  3. District 2,
  4. which is in the country
  5. Switzerland

2 roads 1 county ~6.7k views last year

District 2 (Zurich)

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Least popular: Martina Way

  1. Martina Way
  2. matches the name of
  3. Martina,
  4. which is in the country
  5. Switzerland

52 roads 41 counties ~7.2k views last year

Martina, Switzerland

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Least popular: Vella Way

  1. Vella Way
  2. matches the name of
  3. Vella,
  4. which is in the country
  5. Switzerland

20 roads 12 counties ~7.5k views last year

Vella, Switzerland

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Least popular: Leimbach Road

  1. Leimbach Road
  2. matches the name of
  3. Leimbach,
  4. which is in the country
  5. Switzerland

1 road 1 county ~7.7k views last year

Leimbach (Zürich)

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

all but the most common: all the streets, minus the most common roads in the country. This lets us see the 'long tail' of interesting roads in the country.